Railroad-tie.



PATENTED Nov. 13, 1000.

S. KILLBN. RAILROAD TIE. APPLIUATION FILED 10u14, 1006.

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JAMES S. KILLEN, OF DARLINGTON, INDIANA.

RAILROAD-vla.

Specification of YLetters atent.

. Patented Nov. 13,1906.

Application filed May 14,1906. Serial No. 516,845.

To all whom it may concern: A

Be it knownv that I, JAMES S. KILLEN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Darlin ton, in the county of Montgomery, State ofndiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Railroad-Ties; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention,

such as will enable others skilled in the art to ,which it appertains to make and use the reference indicate similar parts in the several views, Figure 1 is a transverse sectional view of the track, showing the present Atie in side elevation. Fig. 2 isa transverse section on line 2 2 of Fig. 1z taken throughione of the` rail-fasteners.` Fig. 3 is a longitudinal sect ereo. Fig.

4 is an end view of the bight.

Referring now to the drawings, the present tie comprises a rectangular bod ortlon 5, formed of suitable plastic materia `and having longitudinal recesses 6 and 7 in itsuppen and lower faces, respectivel these recesses opening throu h the ends o the tie'. A metallic bar 8 is 'sposed in the recess 7 and extends beyond the ends of the tie, and a sec-v ond metallic bar 9 is engaged in the' recess 6 and has downwardly-extending 10, which lie at the ends of the tie and `which are provided with outwardl -extending feet 1 1 at their lower ends, these ieet resting upon the outwardlyprojecting end portions of the bar 8, to which they are secured by means of bolts 12.

The bar 9, with its end portionsl, forms what is, in eiect, a yoke, the end portions -in its upper and -their outer en s,

end portions. `said feet an in presence' of two witnesses.

forming the legs thereof, and the major por'- tion of the bar 9, which is engaged in the recess 6 and which frmsthe big'ht of the oke, is provided adjacent to its ends with ongitudinal series of threaded openings 13,

which receive the attaching-bolts 15 of railfasteners 14, and these fasteners are thus movable to vary the distance between the rails. It will thus be seen that the two bars l8 and 9 substantially brace the body portion'` 5, and it will be apparent that should the body portion become fractured or otherwise injured tosuch an extent as to necessitate its removal the bolt 12 ma be removed and the body portion easily ta enrout and another substituted therefor.

' What is claimed is 1. A railroad-tie comprising a body portion having' ngitudinal recessesin its upper and lower f ces, a bar located in the lower recess and extending beyond the ends of the b ody portion, a bar located in the u per recess and having downwardly-exten g end wardly-extending ends and the lower bar, said upper bar being adapted for the attachment o rails thereto.

2. A railroad-tie comrjsing a plastic body portion having longitu al recesses formed gaged in the upperrecess and ying with its egs at o posite ends of the bodyportion, said legs recess of the portions enga the under faces of the feet, lower. bar being detachably connected, and rail-fasteners connected wit ower faces and opening' 'through'its ends, a'yoke .havin its bight en- 7 portions at the ends ofthe body portion, andf detachable connections between said downavin outwardly-exten feetat a bar disposed in t e lower body portion and having end' .In testimony whereoiqIalix-fmy signature 'Y AMES SKILLEN. Witnesses:

EDGAR LovE,

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